“By putting this amendment on the ballot in the fall, it allows the people of Kentucky, not the courts of Kentucky, to decide if they want non-citizens to vote in local elections or not,”

— Kentucky Sen. Jason Howell (R-Murray)

(from the September 12, 2024 WKYT article, “November ballot preview: Digging deeper into Ky. Constitutional Amendment 1”)

Constitution Amendment 1 is simple in its language. It adds, “No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote in this state.”

However, there is opposition to the measure. Some lawmakers see the amendment as solving a problem that they say does not exist.

Read the entire article here.